sarbacane

English

Alternative forms

• sarbacand

Etymology

From French sarbacane.

Noun

sarbacane (plural sarbacanes)

1. (archaic) A blowgun.

French

Etymology

From earlier sarbatane, sarbatanne by connection with canne (“stick”), from Arabic سَبَطَانَة (sabaṭāna).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saʁ.ba.kan/

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Noun

sarbacane f (plural sarbacanes)

1. blowgun, blowpipe

Further reading

• “sarbacane”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.